Alabama Administrative Code
Title 500 - Alabama State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects
Chapter 500-X-2 - EXAMINATIONS, LICENSE, FEES, AND SERVICES
Section 500-X-2-.01 - Definitions

(1) Board. The State of Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects.

(2) Landscape Architect. A person who is engaged or offers to engage in the practice of landscape architecture, as hereinafter defined in §34-17.

(3) Landscape Architecture. The performance of professional services such as consultation, investigation, research, planning, design, preparation of drawings and specifications and responsible supervision in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, the setting of grades and determining drainage and providing for standard drainage structures, and the consideration and determination of environmental problems of land including erosion, blight and other hazards. This practice shall include the design of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purpose outlined herein but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture; and shall not include the making of land surveys of final plats for official approval or recordation. Nothing contained herein shall preclude a duly licensed landscape architect from performing any of the services described in the first sentence of this subsection in connection with the settings, approaches or environment for buildings, structures, or facilities. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a landscape architect to engage in the practice of architecture, engineering, or land surveying, as these terms are defined in § 34-17-27.

(4) Practice of Landscape Architecture. The rendering or offering to render services to clients, including any one or any combination of the professional services specified in this section.

(5) Evidence. Any documents, records, drawings, specifications, photographs, news items, advertisements, listings, diplomas, awards, certificates, contracts, agreements, letters, letterheads, invoices, signs, rental agreements or certified personal statements submitted to the Board as a part of any consideration or action on the part of the Board. Each item of evidence shall be clearly marked to ensure positive and certain identification. It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to satisfy the Board as to sufficiency of the record and/or the evidence.

(6) Resident. Any individual who is a resident of the State of Alabama or has his principal place of business in the State of Alabama.

(7) Non-resident. Any individual who is a resident of another state other than the State of Alabama or has his principal place of business in another state other than the State of Alabama.

Author: William R. Sorensen